In the 9th Century B.C., Israel was divided into the
Northern Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. The Northern Kingdom was
threatened by constant war with the Philistines. King Omri arranged a marriage
between his son Ahab and Jezebel. Jezebel was the daughter of the king of Sidon
in Phonecia and a priestess of Baal. She introduced worship of Baal and Asherah
into Israel and brought with her an entourage of false prophets. The worship of
these false gods involved sexual immorality and human sacrifice. Ahab and
Jezebel also sought to move the center of worship away from Jerusalem. Jezebel
also had the prophets of Israel murdered.

Ahab’s reign thus far had been a time of
peace and prosperity in Israel. Ahab established peace with Judah. Elijah warns
Ahab that God would punish Israel for their sins of idolatry with a drought so
severe that not even dew will fall.

There was a terrible drought for three
years. Elijah approaches King Ahab who was seeking to arrest him. King Ahab
calls Elijah “a disturber of Israel”. Elijah answers that Ahab is responsible
for what has befallen Israel because of his idolatry. Elijah promises him that
the Lord will provide rain if Ahab he turned away the worship of false gods.

Exhortation:

Elijah implored the people of Israel "How
long will you straddle the issue? If the LORD is God, follow him; if Baal,
follow him." The people, however, did not answer him. (1 King 18,
21)

Challenge:

Elijah then challenged the false
prophets to a contest. Two altars were prepared with wood and two young bulls.
Elijah challenged them to call on their gods and Elijah would call on the name
of the Lord. The God who answered with fire was God. Everyone agreed

The false prophets called on their god for
hours, hopped around the altar, cut themselves, but Baal was silent. Elijah
mocked them: "Call louder, for he is a god and may be meditating, or may have
retired, or may be on a journey. Perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened."

Before Elijah began his prayer he told the
people to drench his sacrifice three times with water. Elijah then called on the
name of the Lord and the holocaust was consumed. Seeing this, all the people
fell prostrate and said, "The LORD is God! The LORD is God!"

Elijah then had the prophets of Baal
executed and rain began to fall. The miracle failed to inspire the people of
Israel to overthrow Jezebel who wants revenge. Jezebel vows to have Elijah
killed, but Elijah was able to escape.

Mount
Carmel

Hermits lived on Mount Carmel since the 12th
century near the Cave of Elijah. They dedicated a chapel to the Blessed Virgin
Mary and became known as the “Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.” Pope
Honorius approved the rule given by Saint Albert Patriarch of Jerusalem for this
new order. The Carmelite Constitution of 1281 claimed that both Jewish and
Christian hermits had lived holy and penitent lives there since the time of
Elijah.

A Carmelite branch for women began in 1492
by the General of the Order Blessed John Soreth. In 1562, St. Theresa of Avila
founded a monastery in Avila Spain from which she led a reform of the order
aided by St. John of the Cross.

In 1254, St. Simon Stock was elected
Superior-General of the Carmelite Order in London. As a young man he took a
pilgrimage to the Holy Land where he joined the hermits on Mount Carmel. He then
returned to Europe and founded Carmelite communities in University towns such as
Cambridge, Oxford, Paris, and Bologna. St. Simon helped to change the Carmelites
from a hermit order to one of mendicant friars.

Like the other mendicant orders, the
Franciscans and Dominicans, the Carmelites were under attack as being too
radical. The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Simon on July 16, 1251. As he
gave him a brown scapular she said "Receive, my beloved son, this scapular of
thy Order; it is the special sign of my favor, which I have obtained for thee
and for thy children of Mount Carmel. He who dies clothed with this habit shall
be preserved from eternal fire. It is the badge of salvation, a shield in time
of danger, and a pledge of special peace and protection."

The Brown
Scapular:

Another magnificent
assurance of Salvation is Our Lady's Brown Scapular. One of the great mysteries
of our time is that the great majority of Catholics either ignore or have
forgotten the Blessed Virgin Mary's promise that "whoever dies clothed in
this (Scapular) shall not suffer eternal fire." She further says: "Wear it
devoutly and perseveringly. It is my garment. To be clothed in it means you are
continually thinking of me, and I in turn, am always thinking of you and helping
you to secure eternal life." Many Catholics may not know that it is the wish of
our Holy Father, the Pope, that the Scapular Medal should not be worn in place
of the Cloth Scapular without sufficient reason. Mary cannot be pleased with
anyone who substitutes the medal out of vanity or fear to make open profession
of religion. Such persons run the risk of not receiving the promise. The medal
has never been noted for any of the miraculous preservations attributed to the
Brown Cloth Scapular. To obtain the fullest possible benefits from the Brown
Scapular devotion, one must be validly invested (sometimes called enrolled) in
the Brown Scapular by a priest. Every priest has the privilege of enrolling
Catholics in the Scapular. After having received the initial blessed Scapular
from a priest, no other Scapular need be blessed before wearing. The blessing
and imposition are attached to the wearer for life.

During the Scapular
Anniversary celebration in Rome, Pope Pius XII told a very large audience to
wear the Brown Scapular as a sign of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of
Mary. Our Lady asked for this consecration in the last apparition at Fatima,
when she appeared as Our Lady of Mount Carmel, holding the Brown Scapular out to
the whole world. It was Her last loving appeal to souls to wear Her Scapular as
a sign of Consecration to Her Immaculate Heart.

St. Claude de la
Colombiere, the renowned Jesuit and spiritual director of St. Margaret Mary,
gives a point which is enlightening. He said: "Because all the forms of our love
for the Blessed Virgin, all its various modes of expression cannot be equally
pleasing to Her, and therefore do not assist us in the same degree to Heaven. I
say without a moments hesitation that the BROWN SCAPULAR IS THE MOST FAVORED OF
ALL!" He also adds: "No devotion has been confirmed by more numerous authentic
miracles than the Brown Scapular."

The two great founders
of their own respective Orders, St. Alphonsus of the Redemptorists and St. Don
Bosco of the Salesians – both had a very special devotion to Our Lady of Mount
Carmel and both wore Her Brown Scapular. When they died, they were buried in
their priestly vestments and Scapulars. Many years later, their graves were
opened, the bodies and sacred vestments in which they were buried decayed-dust!
BUT THE BROWN SCAPULAR WHICH EACH WAS WEARING WAS PERFECTLY INTACT. The Scapular
of St. Alphonsus is on exhibit in his monastery in Rome.

We should even give the
Scapular to non-Catholics as Our Lady will bring conversions to those who will
wear it and say one Hail Mary each day as the following true story will show: An
old man was rushed to the St. Simon Stock Hospital in New York City, unconscious
and dying. The nurse, seeing the Brown Scapular on the patient, called the
priest. As he was saying the prayers for the dying, the man became conscious and
spoke up: "Father, I am not a Catholic." "Then why are you wearing the Brown
Scapular?" asked the priest. "I promised my friends to wear it," the patient
explained, "and say one Hail Mary a day." "You are dying," the priest told him.
"Do you want to become a Catholic?" "All my life I wanted to be one," the
gasping man replied. He was baptized, received the last rites and died in peace.
Our Lady took another soul under Her mantle, through Her SCAPULAR!

The devils revealed to
Francis of Yepes, the brother of St. John of the Cross that three things
especially tormented them. The first is the NAME OF JESUS; the second, the NAME
OF MARY; and third, THE BROWN SCAPULAR OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL. "Take off
that habit," they cried to him, "which snatches too many souls from us. All
those clothed in it die piously and escape us."

"The Scapular must be
worn on the shoulders in such a manner that one part hangs in front of the body
and the other in back. Worn in any other way it carries no indulgence or
promise."

The Sabbatine
Privilege

The Scapular even
extends to Purgatory. The name Sabbatine Privilege is derived from
the apocryphal Bull "Sacratissimo uti culmine" of Pope John XXII, 3 March, 1322.
Through the Sabbatine Privilege, we can be released from Purgatory on the first
Saturday (Sabbath) after death. There are three requirements to make oneself
eligible for this privilege: 1st, we must wear the Scapular; 2nd, observe
Chastity according to our state of life and 3rd, recite the Little Office of Our
Blessed Mother (The Rosary can be substituted for the office by obtaining
permission from a priest.) Our Lady revealed to Venerable Dominic of Jesus and
Mary: "Although many wear my Scapular, only a few fulfill conditions for the
Sabbatine Privilege." We maintain the majority don't know them. It is an act of
charity to make the Sabbatine Privilege known to all. A soul from Purgatory was
asked by a Sister: "What is the average stay of the souls in Purgatory?" The
Poor Soul answered: "From thirty to forty years!" Can you see the importance of
making Our Lady's Privilege known – if you consider
that the flames are the same as the fires of Hell!

A last reminder –
we give you the message of one pastor. He said: "If I were positive that all my
parishioners died wearing the Brown Scapular, I would be most certain that we
would all meet in Heaven." If this pastor can be so certain about his
parishioners, why can't all pastors be just as certain? Give your pastor this
circular. Why can't every father and mother be certain of their children, family
and friends? Explain to them the SCAPULAR PROMISE and the SABBATINE PRIVILEGE.
Heed Our Lady's wish: "DRESS THEM WITH THE GARMENT OF MY SCAPULAR, AND LEAD THEM
TO MY SON, YOUR LORD JESUS CHRIST!"

A scapular consists of two pieces of cloth, one
worn on the chest, and the other on the back, which were connected by straps or
strings passing over the shoulders. Over the years the Church has encouraged all
Catholics to wear a scapular that is usually worn under one’s clothing. Pope
John Paul II revealed that he wore one. There is an investiture ceremony that
should be done by a priest.

One of the conditions of Our Lady for the
fulfillment of the promises associated the scapular (the
Sabbatine privilege) is to observe chastity according to one’s state of
life. That will be different for a married person than someone who is
single.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel is an antidote for
the culture of death today. On Mount Carmel Elijah called the people of Israel
to abandon the worship of false gods and the associated sexual immorality and
human sacrifice associated with it.

In many ways the United States and Europe
are like Israel in the times of Elijah. Compared to former times we live in an
age of peace and prosperity, but many abandoned the worship of the true God and
follow false gods of materialism, pleasure, absolute personal
autonomy.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel calls us to stop
straddling the issue of who is the real God. We cannot have one foot in the
culture of death that tolerates the killing of unborn children by abortion and
other attacks on life, chastity and the family and be a true Christian.

Please join me in praying the following to
Our Lady of Mount Carmel for an end to the culture of death in the United States
and throughout the world:

Prayer:

O
most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven,
blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in this my
necessity. Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein that you are my
Mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech
you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity; there are none
that can withstand your power. O show me herein that you are my Mother. Our
Lady, Queen and beauty of Carmel, pray for me and obtain my requests. Sweet
Mother, I place this cause into your hands.

Our Lady of Mount
Carmel

Dr. Alexander
Roman

Prayer

To you, our Champion Leader, the Enclosed
Garden and sacred Temple of the Most Holy Trinity, do we come seeking Thy
Motherly Protection against all adversities. Having been called to the Holy
Mountain of Carmel, we behold in awe and praise unceasingly its most beautiful
Flower, the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley that gave birth to God the
Word as the true Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, singing:

Your Holy Prophet Elias saw you pre-figured
in the light cloud upon which the Heavenly Dew came down to make fruitful the
dryness of our souls. Empowered by the Spirit in the two-part mantle of your
Protection, the prophet calls all to the Holy Mountain of the Lord,
crying:

Your prophet, Elias, performed many wonders
with the miraculous Cloak that he wore upon his shoulders as a Mantle of
Protection. By it, God deigned to place a guard in front of him and at his back
by which the darts of the evil one and all his temptations are put to flight.
Made of the hide of a dead animal, Elias was reminded by it that we must be dead
to the world in order to be alive to God, singing: Alleluia!

Meditation:

O Most Holy Mother of God, we rejoice in God
our Saviour Who covers us with the Divine Protection of your prayers. Pondering
your great benevolence in granting us a visible symbol, so like the Mantle of
Elias, of your great care for us as the Body of Christ and our true spiritual
Mother, we cry out:

Rejoice, Heavenly Mantle clothing us in the
Power of the Spirit!

Rejoice, making unseen our spiritual
nakedness and weakness!

Rejoice, for we are made happy under the
wings of your Protection!

Rejoice, for in your Scapular, God has
clothed us in the garments of salvation!

Rejoice, for you have wrapped us in the
Cloak of integrity!

Rejoice, for we have become like a
bridegroom wearing his wreath!

Rejoice, for we are like brides adorned in
her jewels!

Rejoice, for through you the Spirit of the
Lord is given to us!

Rejoice, for by you the Lord anoints
us!

Rejoice, for He sends us, your children, to
bring good news to the poor!

Rejoice, for you give us a commission to
bind up hearts that are broken!

Rejoice, for we are enlivened to proclaim a
year of favor from the Lord!

Your holy Prophet of Carmel, Elias struck
the waters with his Mantle and the water divided left and right so that both
Elias and Eliseus could cross over the river dry-shod. Eliseus begged his
teacher, Elias, for a double share of his spirit and, in response, Elias said,
"If you see me while I am being taken from you, it shall be as you ask."
Pondering God's unknowable ways, we sing: Alleluia!

Meditation:

A chariot of fire appeared taking the
Prophet Elias to heaven in a whirlwind. Eliseus grabbed hold of Elias' Mantle,
shouting: My father! Chariot of Israel and its chargers! And the Mantle of
Elias, torn in two, fell back on the shoulders of Eliseus. Bowing before this
mystery that prefigured the Divine Incarnation, we cry:

Rejoice, Chariot of Fire, on which the
Saviour of the world came down to us!

Rejoice, Unburning Bush in Whom God the
Uncontained was contained!

Rejoice, New Ark of the Covenant of our Lord
Jesus Christ!

Rejoice, for meditating on your Ascent to
the Lord after your Dormition, we receive a double share of your
Protection!

Rejoice, for by it you cover our hearts
against fiery darts!

Rejoice, for by it you cover us front and
back and place your hand over us!

The Divine Prophet Ezekiel foretold the
blessing of your Mantle of Protection, o Most Holy Mother of Carmel, in your
Scapular when he cried: "I spread part of my cloak over you and covered your
nakedness. I bound myself by oath, I made a covenant with you - it is the Lord
who speaks - and you became mine." Pondering the Divine mysteries of long ago,
we sing: Alleluia!

Meditation

We join with the Prophet Ezekiel in
pondering the rich treasury of Grace that your most holy Mantle of Carmel sends
down on us who have put on the Lord Jesus Christ. Praying unceasingly for your
intercession before the Throne of Almighty God, we cry:

Rejoice, for through you God has bathed us
in water, and anointed us with oil!

The Apostle to the Gentile, Saint Paul,
foretold your Divine Mantle of Protection, O Most Holy Mother of Carmel, when he
proclaimed that we are to clothe ourselves with the new man. We are emboldened
in this struggle for we have your maternal love and constant intercession to
help us, as we cry: Alleluia!

Meditation:

O Most Holy Mother of Carmel, having learned
the truth in the Lord Jesus, the Apostle to the Gentile calls us to give up all
illusory desires and cling, instead, to the Way of God, that is goodness and
holiness of truth. Taking hold of our high calling as sharers in the Royal
Priesthood of Christ, we sing:

Rejoice, for your Mantle reminds us that we
have put on the Lord Jesus Christ!

Rejoice, for your Grace aids us in making no
provision for the flesh!

Rejoice, for we live protected under the
wings of your Cloak of sure defense!

Rejoice, for you renew in us our minds in
conformity with that which is in your Son!

Rejoice, O Guide in the Way, the Truth and
the Life!

Rejoice, for you, the Enclosed Garden, grant
us Divine flowers of grace!

The Apostle admonishes us to put on the
armor of God to resist the tactics of the evil one. Your scapular, O Most Holy
Mother of God, encircles us with Divine protection. By it, we are made strong,
as the great spiritual strugglers of the desert, in vanquishing the wiles of the
devil, singing unceasingly: Alleluia!

Meditation:

It is not against human enemies that we
struggle, but against sovereignties and powers who originate the darkness in
this world, the spiritual army of evil, as the Apostle warns us. Relying on
God's armor, signified by your Scapular of Mount Carmel, O Mother of the
Redeemer, we sing:

Rejoice, Most Holy General, commanding us
with unfailing spiritual strategy!

Rejoice, Leader in the day of battle,
assisting us to hold our ground!

A woman suffered from a hemorrhage for
twelve years and spent all her money on useless medicines. Seeing your Son and
our Lord Jesus Christ, she said to herself, "If I can touch even the edge of His
garment, I shall be healed." Touching it with faith, the woman immediately felt
herself to be cured. Awed by the great power and love for mankind of your Son, O
Most Holy Mother of God, we cry: Alleluia!

Meditation:

Your Son immediately felt His Healing Power
go out of him and asked who it was that touched him, even though there were many
crowds pressing Him on all sides. Approaching with fear, the woman fell in
humility before Him to receive His words of consolation that her faith had
restored her health. Joining with her in thanking our Lord, we
sing:

Rejoice, for your Mantle of Protection heals
with Grace all who touch it with faith!

Rejoice, for the Lord Jesus has wrought many
miracles by it to this day!

Rejoice, for by it you strengthen our
faith!

Rejoice, for you clothe us with a powerful
sign!

Rejoice, for we reach out to your Mantle in
hope!

Rejoice, for you never leave us without your
help!

Rejoice, for your Mantle resounds in the
four corners of the earth!

Rejoice, for its four corners signify the
Gospels of your Son!

Rejoice, for its fringes symbolize the
dripping Oil of Gladness!

Rejoice, for the Oil of Compunction has
bedewed us to the very edges of the garment!

Rejoice, for it is like the dew of
Hermon!

Rejoice, for it descends upon the Mountains
of Zion where the Lord commanded the blessing - life
forevermore.

O Most Holy Mother of God, your servant,
Simon, lived in a hollow oak tree at Aylesford in England, serving the Lord and
praying to you night and day. Afflicted by the temptation to despair, he prayed
all the more, begging your quick intercession and sure assistance. Joining with
him, we confidently sing: Alleluia!

Meditation:

Your servant, Saint Simon of the Tree Stock,
was shown to be another Melodist in praising you and invoking your motherly
Protection as the Sovereign Lady of Mount Carmel. Having won your favour, he
rejoiced to have his prayers answered by you, his only hope after God. Bowing
our heads in praying with him, we too hymn:

Your holy servant, Saint Simon of the Stock,
was granted to see you, O Most Holy Mother of God, extending over him and over
the entire family of Mount Carmel, your Mantle of Protection. Placing on
themselves the brown Scapular as a sign of this, your seal and sign of your
Protection, your children in Carmel glory in the unfailing protection of your
prayers at the Throne of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, in life and in death.
Awed by this revealed sign of salvation and protection, we sing:
Alleluia!

Meditation:

The brown colour of your scapular, Most Holy
Mother of God, teaches us that we must remain dead to the world and in constant
prayer as we shall return to the dust of the earth. Its white color symbolizes
the purity of holiness that all your children are to partake of as they ascend
up the Holy Mountain of Carmel. Clothed with the majesty of your protection and
constant intercession, we sing:

Rejoice, for thus speaks the Wisdom of
God!

Rejoice, for you love those who love and
honor you!

Rejoice, for those who seek you eagerly will
find you!

Rejoice, for with you are riches and
honor!

Rejoice, for you grant wealth and
justice!

Rejoice, for the Fruit you give is better
than gold, even the finest!

Rejoice, for the return you make is better
than pure silver!

Rejoice, for you walk in the way of
virtue!

Rejoice, for you travel the paths of
justice!

Rejoice, for you enrich all your
children!

Rejoice, for you fill them up with your
treasuries!

Rejoice, for you bring us to the land of
Carmel to eat its fruits and good things!

At the Wedding at Cana in Galilee, the young
couple ran to your intercession upon seeing they were without wine. The Lord
Jesus deigned to give us a memorial for all times concerning the power of your
intercession with Him, and adhered to your will, even though His time for
miracles had not yet come. Marveling at the condescension of the Son of God in
granting you every favor on our behalf, we gratefully hymn:
Alleluia!

Meditation:

It is through you, O Most Holy Mother of
God, that we receive the Mystic Wine that drips from the Divine Cluster fastened
to the Precious Cross of our Salvation. As at the Wedding in Cana, you always
teach us to do all that the Lord Jesus tells us, listening to His Words and,
with ready wills, hastening to fulfill His commandments. Glorifying God Who came
to us through you, we sing:

Rejoice, Ladder on which the Son of God came
down to earth!

Rejoice, for on that same Ladder we are
brought up to Him in Heaven!

Rejoice, for in your Womb was contained
Christ the Uncontainable!

Rejoice, Field of rich, black earth in which
grew the Untilled Wheat!

Rejoice, Woman clothed with the
Sun!

Rejoice, for you have crushed the serpent
under your feet!

Rejoice, for you bear a Crown of Twelve
Stars upon your head!

Rejoice, for Divine Grace flows from your
hands!

Rejoice, for through you we have Communion
of the Most Precious and Most Holy Body and Blood of your Son, Christ our
God!

Your holy Mount of Carmel has become a
spiritual garden in which saintly seeds have taken firm root, O Mother of God!
Originally gathered around the Spring of Elias near the Shrine he established in
honour of you as the "Mother of the Messiah to come," your children of Carmel
have gone into the entire world as preachers of your Mantle of Protection and of
you - as she who ponders the Gospel in her heart. And we ponder these things in
our own hearts, as we quietly intone: Alleluia!

Meditation:

Those who have eaten and taken their fill of
the Divine Fruits of holiness and grace in the Garden of Carmel, O Most Holy
Mother, have received great spiritual vibrancy and energy for the spread of the
Gospel of your Son, our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amazed at the great
things you have inspired your saints to do for the building up of the Body of
Christ, we sing:

Rejoice, who was foretold by the Prophets
Elias and Eliseus!

Rejoice, who called Albert the Patriarch to
bring together your children on Carmel!

Your Mantle of Protection through your
scapular is extended to all your servants who come to your assistance throughout
the world, O Most Holy Mother of Carmel. Its brown and white colours remind all
of them to be dead to the world so as to be alive in Christ for God. We all have
your intercession to be our light in a world filled with darkness and we praise
you exceedingly, singing: Alleluia!

Meditation:

Emboldened with the emblem of your constant,
heavenly Protection, O Mother of Carmel, we invoke your aid in all our spiritual
struggles and for the entire Church that is the Body of your Son, our Lord Jesus
Christ. We wear your scapular as a reminder of your very arms placed lovingly on
us as we go forth to fulfill Christ's commandments and His Divine Will for our
salvation and that of the entire world. Ever looking to you with faith and love
as our true Mother, we exclaim:

Rejoice, O Helper in all our
necessities!

Rejoice, O Holy Mountain that leads us up to
Heaven!

Rejoice, O Rock uncleft from which flow the
Divine Watersprings!

Rejoice, O Guide in all adversities, quickly
freeing us from them!

Rejoice, O Foundation of all our
hope!

Rejoice, O Precious Gift to us by Christ
from the Cross!

Rejoice, Who works miracles still through
your wonder-working Icons!

Rejoice, for your Icon of Mount Carmel at
Naples flows healing for all!

Rejoice, for even holy copies of your Icon
throughout the world drenches all with the wondrous Dew from
Heaven!

Rejoice, for as at Constantinople, you cover
us with your Mantle of Protection against the foes of the City of
God!

Rejoice, for you are our sure
hope!

Rejoice, for we will not cease to invoke you
until we have entered the Gates of Paradise!

Prayer:We glory in wearing your holy habit, which makes us members of
your family of Carmel, through which we shall have your powerful protection in
life, at death and even after death.

Meditation:

O Most Holy Mother of God of Mount Carmel!
Accept from us, your sinful children, this little hymn of praise. Cover us with
your Mantle of Protection and grant us the grace to wear your holy Scapular of
Mount Carmel always, praying unceasingly to the Lord Jesus and to you. May we
become beacons of the Light bearing good works to draw the world to Christ and
His Holy Church, glorifying the Father Who is in Heaven. May we become your
worthy children and servants of our Lord, God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, as we
are guided by you up the Mountain to the Throne of His Divine Glory, where we
will join with you in singing the eternal hymn of praise: Alleluia! (three
times)

Prayer to Our Lady of Mount
Carmel

We come to you, Most Holy Mother of God, to
praise you and to ask that all those who place themselves under the Mantle of
your Protection in the Holy Scapular of Carmel may be clothed in Christ by the
Grace of the Holy Spirit.

May we who wear the Scapular put on the Lord
Jesus Christ by being living members of the family of Carmel by our prayers,
sacrifices, struggles and good works. May we be clothed with your virtues, O
Most Holy Virgin Mary, as we listen to the Word of God and live it daily. May we
be enlightened in contemplation, joyous in community and most zealous in the
service of others in Christ.

O Most Holy Mother of God! By your
intercession may we who wear the Scapular lead our lives in such a way that we
will always be ready to enter into the assembly of the Saints, wearing the
Bridal Clothes of those who rejoice eternally at the Table of the Divine
Bridegroom.

For you are the Queen who stands at His
Right Hand, whose glory is all within and whose clothing is woven with gold. It
is God Himself Who has made your name to be remembered in all generations and
His people shall praise you forever! Amen.

Novena of Our Lady of Moaunt
Carmel:

First DayO
Beautiful Flower of Carmel, most fruitful vine, splendor of heaven, holy and
singular, who brought forth the Son of God, still ever remaining a pure virgin,
assist us in our necessity! O Star of the Sea, help and protect us! Show us that
you are our Mother!

(Mention your request
here)

Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory
Be

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for
us.

Second
DayMost Holy Mary, Our Mother, in your great love for us you gave us
the Holy Scapular of Mount Carmel, having heard the prayers of your chosen son
Saint Simon Stock. Help us now to wear it faithfully and with devotion. May it
be a sign to us of our desire to grow in holiness.

(Mention your request
here)

Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory
Be

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for
us.

Third DayO
Queen of Heaven, you gave us the Scapular as an outward sign by which we might
be known as your faithful children. May we always wear it with honor by avoiding
sin and imitating your virtues. Help us to be faithful to this desire of
ours.

(Mention your request
here)

Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory
Be

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for
us.

Fourth
DayWhen you gave us, Gracious Lady, the Scapular as our Habit, you
called us to be not only servants, but also your own
children.

We ask you to gain for us from your Son the
grace to live as you children in joy, peace and love. (Mention your request here)

Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory
Be

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for
us.

Fifth DayO
Mother of Fair Love, through your goodness, as your children, we are called to
live in the spirit of Carmel. Help us to live in charity with one another,
prayerful as Elijah of old, and mindful of our call to minister to God's
people.

(Mention your request
here)

Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory
Be

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for
us.

Sixth DayWith
loving provident care, O Mother Most Amiable, you covered us with your Scapular
as a shield of defense against the Evil One.

Through your assistance, may we bravely
struggle against the powers of evil, always open to your Son Jesus
Christ.

(Mention your request
here)

Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory
Be

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for
us.

Seventh DayO
Mary, Help of Christians, you assured us that wearing your Scapular worthily
would keep us safe from harm. Protect us in both body and soul with your
continual aid. May all that we do be pleasing to your Son and to
you.

(Mention your request
here)

Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory
Be

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for
us.

Eighth DayYou
give us hope, O Mother of Mercy, that through your Scapular promise we might
quickly pass through the fires of purgatory to the Kingdom of your Son. Be our
comfort and our hope.

Grant that our hope may not be in vain but
that, ever faithful to your Son and to you, we may speedily enjoy after death
the blessed company of Jesus and the saints.

(Mention your request
here)

Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory
Be

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for
us.

Ninth DayO
Most Holy Mother of Mount Carmel, when asked by a saint to grant privileges to
the family of Carmel, you gave assurance of your Motherly love and help to those
faithful to you and to your Son.

Behold us, your
children.

We glory in wearing your holy habit, which
makes us members of your family of Carmel, through which we shall have your
powerful protection in life, at death and even after death.

Look down with love, O Gate of Heaven, on
all those now in their last agony!

Look down graciously, O Virgin, Flower of
Carmel, on all those in need of help!

Look down mercifully, O Mother of our
Savior, on all those who do not know that they are numbered among your
children.

Look down tenderly, O Queen of All Saints,
on the poor souls!

(Mention your request
here)

Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory
Be

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us. That
we may become worthy of the promises of Christ!

LITANY OF OUR
LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL

Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear
us.God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.God the Son, Redeemer of
the World, have mercy on us.God
the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on
us.

Holy Mary, pray for
us.

BEFORE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SALUTATIONS SAY:
"Our Lady of Mount Carmel,"
AND AFTERWARDS: "Pray for us Sinners."

Queen of Heaven, Victorious
over Satan, Most Obedient Daughter, Most Pure Virgin, Devoted
Spouse, Mother Most Tender, Model of Perfect Virtue, Sure Anchor of
Hope, Refuge in Sorrow, Dispensatrix of the Gifts of God, Bastion
Against Our Enemies, Our Aid in Danger, The Way Leading to Jesus,
Our Light in Darkness, Our Consolation at the Hour of Death,
Advocate of the Most Abandoned Sinners, For the Hardened in Vice,
For Those who Offend Thy Divine Son, For Those Who Neglect to Pray,
For Those Who are in Agony, For Those Who Defer Their Conversion,
For Those Suffering in Purgatory, For Those Who Do Not Know Thee.

Let Us Pray.

Our Lady of Mount
Carmel, glorious Queen of Angels, channel of God's tenderest mercy to man,
refuge and advocate of sinners, with confidence I prostrate myself before thee,
beseeching thee to obtain for me [Mention request silently]. In return I
solemnly promise to have recourse to thee in all my trials, sufferings and
temptations, and I shall do all in my power to induce others to love and
reverence thee and to invoke thee in all their needs. I thank thee for the
numberless blessings which I have received from thy mercy and powerful
intercession. Continue to be my shield in danger, my guide in life, and my
consolation at the hour of death. Amen.

INTERCESSORY LITANY OF
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL FOR THE CONVERSION OF SINNERS

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy
on us. Christ, hear us. Christ,
graciously hear us.God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of
the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Have
mercy on us.Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us.

For those hardened in vice, With confidence we come to thee, O
Lady of Mount Carmel. For those who grieve thy Son, With confidence we come to thee, O
Lady of Mount Carmel. For those who neglect to pray, etc. For those who are in their agony,
For those who delay their conversion, For those suffering in Purgatory,
For those who know thee not,

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins
of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord. Lamb of
God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

V. Our Lady of
Mount Carmel, Hope of the Despairing, R.
Intercede for us with thy Divine Son.Amen: